World English Bible
"They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!"
— Genesis 44:7, World English Bible
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
“And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. ”
“They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!”
“And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?”
“And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:”
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?
Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"
He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants."
He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless."